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Kentuclq? Stuns LaSalle 63-54;
Loyola Upsets Top-Ranked Mini
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United Press Sports Writer
Coach Adolph Rupp said to
day he still doesn't think his
Kentucky Wildcats are the best
college basketball team in the
nation, but a lot of folks dis
agreed with him in the wake
of a stunning 63-54 victory over
' defending NCAA champion La
Salle.
The Wildcats' triumph
Wednesday night" in the final
round of their own holiday
tournament at Lexington, Ky.,
came on the same night that
Illinois, ranked No. 1 nationally,
was upset, 72-66, by Loyola of
the South.
It was the second straight year
Kentucky had won its own tour
ney, the Wildcats' 30th straight
win, and their 128th straight
home court win. And it came
rather easily after the Wildcats
took a 15-point lead midway in
the first half.
But the wily Rupp insisted,
"No, I don't think you could
call us the best team in the
.nation although we certainly
have progressed much faster
than I had anticipated. I re
peat what I said before the sea
son started we will be a much
better ball club by the middle
of January when we have a few
more games under our belt,"
To Much For LaSalle
The Wildcats' scoring punch
was just too much for LaSalle.
The. Explorers rallied gamely
after trailing by 15 midway in
the first half and trailed by only
six, 34-28, at halftime. But, when
Bill Evans and Bob Burrow
boosted the Kentucky margin!
to 10 points, LaSalle never
threatened again. Evans and All
America Tom Gola of LaSalle
tied for scoring honors at 20
points each.
Illinois ran afoul of a Loyola
team stirred up by the death in
an auto accident Wednesday of
Bobby Hanburg, star Loyola
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Loyola sank exactly 50 per
cent of its shots, 26 for 52, and
made this accuracy pay off by,
slowing down the game. Leading
the way was Eddie Galvin, ; 6
foot, 6-inch center from Chicago,
with 22 points. The Wolfpack
broke the game's 12th tie, 54-54,
with seven minutes left and led
the rest of the way. Paul Jud
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Mack Celebrates
92nd Birthday
Fort Myers, Fla. U.R)
Connie Mack celebrated a 'quiet
92nd birthday today unable for
the . first time in 20 years to
"look forward to just one more
pennant."
Baseball's "grand old man,"
new merely the honorary chair
man of the Kansas City club's
board of directors, instead looks
forward to celebrating a 100th
birthday. Connie is reported to
be back in good health, after a
recent illness but still sadden
ed by the loss of the Athletic's
Philadelphia' franchise.
"I like to i take life easy,"
Mack said. "People these days
are living too fast."
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ing George Washington, 73-57, in
the final round. The Dons, who
crushed Wichita and Oklahoma
City , in early-round games, led
almost all the way as Bill Rus
sell set the pace with 23 points.
Top scorer for George Washing
ton, the reigning Southern Con
ference champion was Corky
Devlin with only 12 points.
California whipped Ohio
State, ranked seventh nationally,
for the second time in two
nights, 54-50. The lead changed
hands 20 times in the wild bat
tle. Robin Freeman, the nation's
leading scorer, tallied 34 for
Ohio State, but five points in
the last two minutes by Mike
Diaz gave California the nod.
Baylor Bears
Pack Punch
On Offense
u By ED FITE
Waco, Tex. U.R) Win,
lose or draw, Baylor should give
Gator Bowl fans a fcrisp display
of scoring wallop and fierce de
fense when it meets Auburn in
the Dec. 31 classic at Jackson
ville, Fla.
For, the team Coach George
Sauer has been guiding along a
winning path in its Southwest
conference bailiwick packs an
explosive offensive punch that
can hit you with precision pass
ing, speed and deception to the
outside and - breakaway power
up the middle.
Selection of Bayor as an op
ponent for Auburn's Plainsmen
virtually assured Gator bowl
spectators of a colorful, high
geared battle with yardage ex
pected to be a cheap commodity.
The choice was greeted with
much enthusiasm on the Baylor
campus and dispelled the dis
appointment which arose over
the team's failure to bring Bay
lor its first championship in
three decades.
The Bears lost three games
the same as Auburn but two
of them came in conference play
to Cotton bowl bound Arkansas
by a single point and to Rice in
the season finale by a touch
down.
Making much use of the flank
er version of the T-f ormation,
Sauer's Baylor teams have scor
ed in 50 straight games and av
eraged three touchdowns per
game while doing so.
The team is blessed with depth
and versatility in the backfield
and was equally as well equip
ped up front until Sauer dismiss
ed two starting linemen, guard
Dan Miller and center Jimmy
Taylor, last week in a disciplin
ary blow.
Billy Hooper, the sweet sling-
er from Sweetwater, Tex., home
of another slinger named Sammy
Baugh, led the conference in
passing and on one of his "hot"
days might be the difference
between winning and losing. .
New York (U.R) A total
of 28,559,267 persons jammed
through the turnstiles at the
nation's race tracks in 1954 and
bet $2,034,914,728 a United
Press survey revealed today.
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Pjckin' Pears
The other day a rangy, ath
letic looking member came to
the office to register as a voter.
When Ray Williams, registrar,
came to the question: "What is
your occupation?" the reply was,
professional baseball player. ;
The man is Ira Townsend, who
played professional baseball
throughout the country for 11
years, starting in .1920. He was
a rookie pitcher for the Boston
National League team for two
seasons and then went to To
ronto of the International
League. They ; call him "Tex"
because he pitched most of his
games with teams in Texas
leagues.
Townsend finished his career
in baseball with the Piedmont
league. He is proudest of one
achievement, when he pitched
his last game for a semi-pro
team in Texas to win 4 to 2 at
the age of 55.
"I like it here at Camp White
and I guess I'll stick around,"
he says. "Of course, I'd like to
get a job somewhere but they
are not taking us older men any
more."
Ira knew Satchel Paige, the
hardy perennial of baseball, and
when asked about his longevity
in the game, he remarked: "The
guy has a rubber arm."
Another event In his career
which he is proud to recall is
the time he pitched for his team
in the service in France with
Presidents Wilson and Poincaire
as spectators.
Sgt. Frank White is a man
who really knows baseball at
Camp White. And he should be
cause he tilaved and was ident
ified with suqh teams as the
Cleveland Indians, the Chicago
White Sox. and Kansas City,
Portland and San Antonio in the
minors.
And there is another reason.
He comes from a baseball fam
ly, with a brother who was a
rpal notable the famous ,"Doc"
White, pitcher of the old White
Sox. "DoC vvnite was reauy a
doctor of dentistry, having grad
uated from Georgetown univer
sity, in Washington, D.C. lie is
now retired and living at San
.Tnsp. Calif., his brother says.
White is able to keep tne "nor
stove" leaeue going with his
familiaritv with tlavers, plays
and --incidents of the game both
nast. and nresent. He thinks tne
trmihl with baseball today is
the lack of inducements to
young players to ioiiow uie
nrofpssionallv. -
"When they stop encouraging
the young blood they may as
Billies Clip
Washington
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The St. Louis Billikens were
homeward bpund today with an
even split in their two-game
basketball series against the
University of Washington
Huskies.
The- Billikens flashed a pre
cision attack and a solid defense
last night to down the Huskies
73-64. Washington had won the
first game of the intersectional
series Tuesday night 72-70. ,
Dick Boushka of St. Louis led
all scorers with 26 points. Center
Dean Parsons was high for
Washington with 16.
At Pullman, Washington State
college made some sharp shoot
ing from the foul line count in
the final minutes to defeat Mon
tana State University 72-63. j ,
The Cougars scored only, one
more field goal than did MSU
but they tossed in seven more
free throws, six of them in the
last five minutes of play, for
the victory.
Bill Rehder paced Washington
State with 25 points., .
LOUISVILLE 1 KENTUCKY
well .quit baseball," he notes.
Aside from pitching and play
ing in the outfield White was a
scout for Cleveland for several'
years.
Here is his all time team of
greats, which he believes could
beat any of the modern teams:
Outfield, Jackson, Speaker an4
Cobb; infield, Sisler, 1st, Ger
ringer, 2nd, Wagner, ss, and
Traynor 3rd; Alexander, Walter
Johnson, Rube Wad dell and
Lefty Grove, pitchers, and Coch
ran catcher, with Eddie Collins,
utility infield.
Other professionals from the
baseball world have spent some
time at Camp White. Leo' San
terre is the player most frequent
ly remembered. From his wheel
chair he conducted the fruit and
popcorn stand in the hallway
and both passed from the scene
at the same time. Leo was with
Portland, Seattle and Los An
geles in the Pacific Coast
League.
In addition there are a num
ber of collegiate baseball stars
around, including Assistant
Manager R. H. Denning, who
played with the University of
Nebraska team, and Frank Glon
ning, special services chief, who
played with his college team in
Minnesota and pitched on semi
pro teams during the summer.
J. C. Barry, a member, played
at the University of Oregon and
with several Portland city teams.
At one time he was consider
ing baseball as a career. He
chose banking instead.
Alexander Cowie, another
member, was president of the
old New England League and
then went in business. Domicil
iary Officer Ruffin, Postmaster
Scarseth and other members of
the personnel spent considerable
time at the game in their young
er days.
Duck Quintet
86-74 Loser
To Detroit
Detroit U.R)-p- The Univer
sity of Oregon's basketball team
headed home for Christmas to
day, with three defeats and a
lot of valuable experience be
hind it after an all-losing tour
of the Midwest. -
Oregon dropped one-sided de
cisions to Louisville and Dayton
and lost last night to Detroit,
86-74.'
The Webfoots looked sharper
last night in the first half and
were ahead 36-35 at the mid
point. But in the second half
Detroit Forward Guy Sparrow
got hot and the host team went
ahead decisively.
Jim Loscutoff was the only
Oregon player able to hit the
hoop constantly. He .came
through with 27 points on 10
field goals and seven . free
throws, but lost high point hon
ors to Sparrow whot hit 30.
Phil McHugh hit nine, Ed
Bingham eight, and Dick James,
Ray Bell, Max Anderson and
Bill Moore contributed six each
for the Ducks.
BASKETBALL
WEDNESDAY COLLEGE SCORES
East
Fordham 61. St. Joseph's (Pa.) 52
South
Loyola (La.) 72. Illinois 66
(Kentucky Invitational)
Championship
Kentucky 63. LaSalle 54 '
(Consolation)
Southern California 54, Utah 52
(QuanOco Tourney)
Consolation
Belmont 70, Farl.-Dickenson 68
Wabash 77. Buffalo 61
Springfield 74. American U. 72
Midwest
Bradley 82. Southern Methodist 73
Butler 83. Northwestern 62
DePaul 76. Michigan State 75
Detroit 86. Oregon 74
Loyola (111.) 81. S. Dak. Stat 73
Southwest
Texas Christian 97. Austin CoL 63
(All College Tourney)
Championship
San Francisco 73, Geo. Wash. 57
Consolation
Houston 57. Oklahoma A & M 48
. Wichita 82, Wyoming 74
Oklahoma City 73, Tulsa 68
West
Brigham Young 70. Michigan 69
UCLA 106. New Mexico 41
St. Louis 73. Wash. (Seattle) 64
Washington State 72. Montana 63
California 54. Ohio State 50
Central Wash. 68. Western Wash. 61
Olympia JC 71. Washington JVs 48
High School Scores
WEDNESDAY GAMES
Marshfield 50. Bandon 40
North Bend 71, Beaverton 64
Milwaukie 50, Jefferson 37
Central Catholic 55. Washington 48
Seaside 50. Tillamook 43 (overtime)
Battle Ground, (Wash.) 51. Grant 50
Gold Beach 46. Brookings 37
Brownsville 62, Monroe 39
Condon 58. Kt Morv'. ITh. Thltul
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ToronasSo
Medford high's Black Tornado
will put a well-balanced score
making crew, on the court to
night when it engages the Rose
burg Indians here tonight in the
sixth combat of the pre-confer-ence
basketball season.
Figures for the first five games
show all of the regular starters
making a good contribution to
Medford point totals. Jerry Kal
apus, lengthy non-letterman on
the quint, so far is scoring lead
er with 68 tallies. Larry, Copple
is right on his heels with. 63.
Frank Rector has 47, tall Glenn
Peterson 43 and Everett Kastner
33.
Copple is the only Tornado to
have scored in two figures in
every game. Kalapus has done it
in four and Rector in three.
Other point-making for the
Black Tornado this season is
John Foust 12, Bill Cochran 11,
Lloyd Cearley 6, Ed McCullough
4, Bob Tisdel and Ed Reinking
each 3 and Warren Deakins 1.
Medford will rule the favorite
over the Indians here tonight on
the basis of previous contests.
The Tornado goes into the. tussle
with a record of four wins in its
first five encounters while the
Indians have counted only one
victory in five games. However,
this could be the night the In
dians hit their stride and the
Tornado is not looking for any
push-over.
Taking Time , '
Medford holds a 59 to 56 de
cision over North Bend which
pasted the Roseburg quint 66 to
31. North Bend also bounced
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Cottage Grove which the Indians
nicked 42 to 41.
Roseburg counts three varsity
returnees in Nub Beamer, How
ard Backen and Dick Roberts.
Under new head coach Bill Har
per, the Indians are expected to
require time to adjust to new
plays, yet good progress through
the season is anticipated. The
club has average height of 5 feet
11 inches and has medium bal
ance. Outlook for the full season
is not overly bright because1 of
the lack of real height and of ex
perience. - .
Likely Indian starting five is
Duke Snider I nks
Pact for $30,000
Brooklyn, N.Y. (U.R) Duke
Snider finished third to Willie
Mays in the National league
batting race but the Brooklyn
Dodgers' center fielder topped
the New York Giants' star today
in the "Lary League." '
For .while Mays signed for an
estimated $25,000, Snider agreed
to a new pact with the Dodgers
calling for $30,000. He is the
fourth Brooklyn player to come
to terms.
Snider hit .341 last season.
In i Cincinnati, meanwhile,
Gabe Paul signed a new four-year-contract
as general man
ager of the Redlegs. Terms of
the agreement were not disclos
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